Jan 08, 2024 Plan Commission

[Plan Commission Pre Meeting]

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WELL UM, INTEGRATE WELL WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. THIS IS BUILDING B. THEY'RE JUST SOME RENDERING. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING SOME FLEXIBILITIES. THE FIRST ONE IS THE LANDSCAPING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 28.5% WHERE 40% IS REQUIRED. ADDITIONALLY LARGE CANOPY TREES ARE REQUIRED EVERY 25 FT ALONG THE MASONRY WALL.

AND FOR THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS REQUIRED. 30 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND SIX LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 60 HIGH LEVEL SCREENING CHEFS ARE PROPOSED. THE SOUTHERN PERIMETER REQUIRES 15 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 13 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND NINE HIGH LEVEL SCREENING SHIPS ARE PROPOSED. THE NEXT ONE IS DENSITY THEY PROPOSED DENSITY IS 34.1 DWELLING UNITS BREAKER AND THE MAXIMUM PARTY MF TWO. DISTRICT IS 32 DWELLING UNITS BREAKER. AND THE THIRD ONE IS COVERED PARKING. THE GDC REQUIRES 50% OF THE PARKING SPACES TO BE COVERED FOR ELDER CARE DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING SENIOR INDEPENDENT LIVING. AND THE APPLICANT IS NOT PROPOSING ANY COVERED PARKING AND THE APPLICANT IS, UM, MEETING THE OVERALL PARKING REQUIREMENT.

JUST NOT THE COVERED PARKING AND THESE ARE JUST SOME BENEFITS. UM THE 8 FT WIDE INSIDE WALK TRAIL ALONG EDGEFIELD DRAFT THAT WILL CONNECT TO THE CITY'S TRAIL SYSTEM. AS THE FIRST ONE. THE NEXT ONE IS A CONTEXT SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS THE ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD BY HAVING ENHANCED PERIMETER SCREENING A LOWER ADJACENT BUILDING HEIGHT AND RESIDENTIAL FARMHOUSE, AESTHETIC ARCHITECTURE STYLE. AND THE NEXT ONE IS ENHANCED AMENITIES FOR ITS RESIDENTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IT. PICKLEBALL COURT, A GARDEN AREA, A DOG PARK, AMONG OTHER OUTDOOR AMENITIES AND VARIOUS INDOOR AMENITIES. HMM. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE IN ZONING FOR MULTIFAMILY ONE DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR A MULTI FAMILY TO USE AND A DETAILED PLAN FOR AN ELDER CARE, INDEPENDENT LIVING DEVELOPMENT. AND WE MAILED OUT SONNY FIVE LETTERS AND ONLY RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES AND IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST, BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. GOOD EVENING, MA'AM . I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THE AREA. I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION AND THIS IS A PROCESS QUESTION IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY NO LONGER WANT TO DO ELDER LIVING WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE BY WHICH THEY COULD JUST I GUESS, SWITCH THE USE HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SPECIFICALLY TIED TO ELDER CARE, INDEPENDENT LIVING IF THEY WANT TO AMEND IT DON'T HAVE TO AMEND THE PD. GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AGAIN. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. I CHECKED ON THAT TO YOU. COMMISSIONER ABLE THEN COMMISSIONER ROSE. MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE COVERED PARKING IF WE REQUIRE 50% AND THEY ARE PROPOSING NONE. HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK AS TO WHY IT'S MOSTLY ASSOCIATED TO THE COST FOR THE RESIDENTS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON OTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT, OKAY? I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAD A STANCE ON THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN PULLING BACK FROM THAT BECAUSE WELL, IT WAS NICE AND EVERYTHING. WE DISCOVERED THAT APARTMENT OWNERS ARE CHARGING FOR THE COVERED PARKING AND SO IF PEOPLE DON'T BUY IT, AND THEY RUN SHORT OF PARKING AND IN THEIR PARKING ON THE STREET, SO WE'VE BEEN PULLING BACK ON IT. COMMISSIONER ROSE YES, SAID THERE WERE 75 NOTICES SENT OUT AND ONLY TWO RESPONDED. HOW MANY OF THE 75 WERE IN THE RISK AREA THAT THIS AFFECTS OR THEY ALL. THEY WERE ALL WITHIN THE 400. FT BUFFER, ONLY TWO RESPONDING. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE A STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER DID A GOOD JOB IN THIS ONE AND LEARNED SOME LESSONS FROM THIS CENTERVILLE CASE AND EVERYTHING SO GOOD JOB. I THINK THAT'S IT.

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HERE IS THE SITE PLAN. UM THERE ARE NO DEVIATIONS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT. SO THEY SAY PLAN DOES MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS OF THE G. D. C. HERE'S THE LANDSCAPE PLAN. AND THIS DOES INCLUDE IT DOES INCLUDE THEY WILL BE KEEPING THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE MUTUAL ACCESS DRIVE AND SHILOH ROAD. AND HERE ARE THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS. ALSO MEETING ALL ASPECTS OF THE GDC. THE PROPOSAL IS CONSIDERED STANDALONE COMMERCIAL FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS CATEGORY REPRESENTS A PROPERTY TAX REVENUE PER ACRE AT $5380.

IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSAL WILL ADD SALES TAX REVENUE TO THE CITY. NO DEVIATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A 25 YEARS. SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS. THE SCP TEMPORARY GUIDE RECOMMENDS A RANGE OF 20 TO 25 YEARS FOR THIS LAND USE. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PROVISIONS FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH YOU SOUND PROPERTIES AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 2035 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE USES AND A PLAN FOR A RESTAURANT DRIVE THROUGH USE. WE SENT OUT THIRTY'S FIVE LETTERS AND WE RECEIVED ONE AND IT WAS WITHIN THE NOTIFICATION AREA AND FOR THE REQUEST. I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. I SEE. NO NO. GOT ONE COMMISSIONER ABLE ASK ONE. IS THIS FRANCHISEE, THE SAME FRANCHISEE. THAT HAS THE MCDONALD'S THAT IS NORTH OF THERE AT SHILOH IN 190, OR IS IT A DIFFERENT FRANCHISEE? PROBABLY DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S JUST LAND USE. I THINK THAT'D BE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANTS AS WELL. SHE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR, JENKINS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SWITCH WITH YOU NOW. SO IF HE RUNS LONG, I WON'T HAVE TO. GREAT GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SIR YES. SO UM,

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ZONING PATH RECOMMENDATIONS UNLOADING THE FRONT LOADED PROCESS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS GARLAND. UM COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, AND NOT TOO UNLIKE A FEW OTHER CITIES IN THE METROPLEX, BUT WE TEND TO BE MORE OF THE MORE FRONT LOADED PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING APPLICATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH WITH PDS. AND S UPS AS WELL. WE DO REQUIRE, AS YOU KNOW. VERY DETAILED SITE PLANS, OF COURSE, ARE DETAILED PLANS AS WE KNOW THEM. THAT'S A FORMAL TERM IN THE G D. C, BUT, UM THEY'RE VERY , VERY DETAILED. THEY TYPICALLY ARE ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINEERING SCHEMATICS AT THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REVIEWS, YOU KNOW, FIRE TRANSPORTATION. LOT OF INFORMATION GOES INTO THESE VERY DETAILED SITE PLANS, AND OFTENTIMES THE PROCESS DOES TAKE UM, UPWARDS OF 4 TO 6, OR SOMETIMES EVEN MORE AND MONEY HAVE SEEN THE DOLLAR SIGNS HERE.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT. THERE'S SOME SLIDES ON THAT FOR SURE, BUT THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS. WHEN I SAY FRONT LOADED PROCESS AND THIS THIS TITLE SLIDE SO BEFORE WE KIND OF GET BACK INTO THE FRONT LOADED NATURE, JUST 11 OTHER INTERESTING KIND OF OPPORTUNITY HERE IN SORT OF SCALING BACK AND DIALING BACK THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THE REQUIREMENTS IN THESE TYPES OF ZONING APPLICATIONS AND KIND OF SHIFTING. IT'S A BIT OF A PARADIGM SHIFT, BUT ONE OPPORTUNITY ALSO IS THAT IT REALLY LEVERAGES MORE IN THE WAY OF, UM. FOR LACK OF BETTER WORD NEGOTIATION, OR, UM, UM, BENEFITS THROUGH A PD. YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, INCLUDING WITH MISSILE MEDS PRESENTATION TONIGHT WHERE WE'VE ADDED A SLIGHTLY TALKING ABOUT BENEFITS TO A PD. REALLY TRADITIONALLY IN GARLAND. WE'VE BEEN KIND OF USING PDS AND DEVELOPERS KIND OF BEEN USING THEM AS A TOOL TO KIND OF, UM REQUEST CERTAIN DEVIATIONS. WHETHER THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN PROCESS TO REQUEST THOSE, BUT OTHERWISE IT DEFERS TO THE G, D. C AND THAT'S NOT TO INSINUATE IN ANY WAY THAT THERE'S ANYTHING DETRIMENTAL OR THAT THAT THOSE DEVIATIONS DON'T MAKE SENSE. THEY CERTAINLY DO IN MOST CASES, BUT PDS REALLY AT THE CORE OF THEIR INTENT IS A TOOL FOR A CITY TO REALLY KIND OF USE IT AS TRADEOFFS. OKAY MAYBE THERE ARE SOME DEVIATIONS, INFLEXIBILITY, VARIANCES.

WHATEVER THAT, WHATEVER TERM WE WANT TO USE. SOME OF THAT MAY VERY WELL BE INVOLVED, AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE WITH PDS. HOWEVER IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY KIND OF SEE WHAT WHAT WE CAN UM YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET OUT OF IT. HOW THE CITY BENEFITS VERSUS JUST DIFFERING ONLY TO THE GDC. OTHERWISE MISSILE MED. LIKE I SAID SHE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED WHERE THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO DO AN ENHANCE SIDEWALK. IT CONNECTS WITH THE CITY'S TRAIL, WHICH IS PART OF OUR VISION, OUR PARKS AND TRAILS, MASTER PLAN AND SOME OTHER THINGS. SHE HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL. SO DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. IT'S I THINK IT'S MUCH EASIER TO UM LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, UM WHEN THE AMOUNT OF DETAILED PLANS OR SCALED BACK AS OPPOSED TO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE IN FRONT OF YOU. IT'S VERY EASY TO JUST SORT OF KIND OF GET TO THE WEEDS AND SAY, OKAY, JUST KIND OF REVIEW IT FROM A COMPLIANCE STANDPOINT, SO DEFINITELY AN OPPORTUNITY THERE TO GET A LITTLE MORE LEVERAGE WITH THE CITY AND FOCUS ON HIGHER, HIGHEST AND BEST USE HIGHER QUALITY AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANS AS WELL. SO ONE OTHER JUST QUICK BACKGROUND IS WHILE THIS CONVERSATION IS STRICTLY FOCUSED ON ZONING, WE ARE AS A CITY IN MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS PLANNING, BUILDING INSPECTION, ENGINEERING FIRE, ETCETERA, ETCETERA WITH, OF COURSE, CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WERE REVIEWING AND UPDATING AND IMPROVING EVERY FACET OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, EVERYTHING FROM PRIEST AND LITTLE MEETINGS ALL THE WAY TO ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. THE CITY IS ON BOARD AS A CONSULTANT , DYLAN MORGEN, CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE HELPED US FACILITATE A LOT

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IF THEY EVEN KNOW THEY CAN DO THIS LAND USED TO BEGIN WITH. THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF WHAT A TYPICAL COST. UM WE'LL RUN THEM. UM EXECUTIVES, A COUPLE OF OTHER POINTS THERE. GARLANDS FRONT LOADED ZONING PROCESS. OF COURSE, AS YOU CAN SEE IS VERY DETAILED AND COSTLY IN THE SURGERY EARLIER STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OFTEN BEFORE ENTITLEMENT SECURED, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE STREAMLINED PATH. UM WE'LL GO INTO THIS AND NEXT FEW SLIDES, BUT DETAILED PLAN CASES CAN BE ELIMINATED WHERE USE IS ALREADY ALLOWED, AND ALL PD AND GDC REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. UM WHAT KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES? UM SO THIS CHART WAS DIALED BACK A LITTLE. WHEN WE PRESENTED THIS TO CITY COUNCIL, WE OFFERED THEM OPTIONS. UM AND I'LL JUST START WITH THE WITH THE WITH NUMBER ONE AND GO FROM THERE. UM THESE ARE THESE ARE ZONING PATHS OR OPTIONS IF YOU WILL. WHEN SOMEONE COMES IN FOR A ZONING APPLICATION TO GET ELAINE USED, ENTITLEMENT APPROVED REQUESTED TO BE IMPROVED. UM STRAIGHT ZONING. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST A BASIC CHANGE OF ZONING APPLICATION. THERE'S NOPD OR S U P INVOLVED NO DETAILED SITE PLANS REALLY NO SITE PLANS AT ALL THAT ARE REVIEWED IN THIS PROCESS. THAT'S JUST YOUR FOR EXAMPLE, ZONING FROM AG TO COMMUNITY RETAIL SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST ZONING THE USE OF LAND. UM NO. NO PLANS . WE DON'T PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO THAT. WE HAVE RECOMMENDED CONTINUING TO ALLOW THAT AS AN OPTION. CITY COUNCIL GAVE THE THUMBS UP TO THAT, UM PATH TO THIS HAD TO DO WITH THIS SPECIFIC SCENARIO THAT WE SOMETIMES SEE A FEW TIMES A YEAR OR SO, WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING PD THAT REQUIRES ANY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THAT PD TO COME FORWARD WITH A DETAILED PLAN, AND THAT'S REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT REALLY HAS. THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE PD, OR ANY DEVIATIONS OR VARIANCES INVOLVED. SO OFTENTIMES, YOU'LL SEE A DETAILED PLAN PUT IN FRONT OF YOU THAT MEETS ALL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE LAND

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WHEN THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL RELATED TO KIND OF GET THEIR DIRECTION. WE HAD A PATH FOR THAT, UM SAID PLAN DEVELOPMENT WITH DETAILED PLAN KIND OF SCALED BACK DETAILED PLAN WITH A NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS, SCALE BACKS, AND SO THE IDEA WAS A DEVELOPER COULD HAVE AN OPTION IF THEY IF THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH. IF THEY REQUEST TO GO THROUGH A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, THEY COULD REQUEST A CONCEPT PLAN OR DETAILED PLAN.

UM, CONCEPT PLAN, OF COURSE, WOULD BE IN MUCH, UM, LESS COSTLY, LESS TIME CONSUMING PATH . DETAILED PLAN WOULD WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE TIME CONSUMING BUT SCALED BACK, BUT WE PRESENTED THAT AS AN OPTION JUST AS A SUGGESTION. PERHAPS SOME DEVELOPERS IN OUR MINDS MIGHT WANT A LITTLE MORE FEASIBILITY MORE OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO KNOW IF THIS SITE LAYOUT WORKS THAT SORT OF THING. BECAUSE THE CONCEPT PLAN IS GOING TO BE TRULY CONCEPTUAL, AND I'LL SHOW THAT HERE IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES BUT INTERESTING AND NOT TO JUMP TOO FAR AHEAD. BUT THE REASON NUMBER FOUR IS NO LONGER THERE COUNCIL DIRECTION THEY GAVE AT THEIR WORK SESSION. DECEMBER WAS NO. WE REALLY, WE DON'T SEE THAT EVEN AS A NECESSARY OPTION. WE'RE GOOD WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN OPTION, YOU KNOW, WITH PDS JUST FOCUS ON THE LAND USE AND CONCEPTUAL PLAN AND WHATEVER PD CONDITIONS, FLEXIBILITIES THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND GET RID OF DETAILED PLANS. SO THAT'S THAT'S, UH THAT'S UM A LITTLE BACKGROUND THERE. UM. I TOUCHED ON THIS. THIS IS AGAIN THAT SCENARIO, AND IT'S KIND OF A MOOT POINT SINCE COUNCIL GAVE THE DIRECTION TO NOT REQUIRE DETAILED PLANS ANYWAY, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, UM THIS DIRECTION WAS VERY CLEAR FROM COUNCIL TO NO LONGER SEE DETAILED PLANS WHEN THEY USE IS ALREADY ALLOWED, UM NO AMENDMENTS AND VISUALLY NOTHING TRIGGERING IT. OTHER THAN CHECKING THE BOX AND BRINGING FORWARD A DETAILED PLAN. SO, UM, THIS WILL, ACCORDING TO DEVELOPERS, SAVE AND SHIFT ABOUT TO BETWEEN 203 $100,000 IN CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OVER TO THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PLAN PHASE RATHER THAN THE ZONING. PHASE. OF COURSE WE'RE REDUCES THEIR RISKS. UM LENDERS, OF COURSE. YOU KNOW, VIEW. LACK OF ENTITLEMENT IS A RISK. YOU KNOW, BANKS AND LENDERS. THEY CERTAINLY WANT TO KNOW IF USE IS ALLOWED. UM, OBVIOUSLY SHORTENS OVERALL PROJECT SCHEDULE FOR DEVELOPERS. UM CONCEPT PLAN. WE ALL KIND OF SHOW SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. BUT OBVIOUSLY SOME COST AND TIME CAN SAVING OPPORTUNITIES HERE FOR DEVELOPERS. WE DO FEEL THAT THIS MOVING THIS DIRECTION DOES ALIGN GARLAND A BIT MORE WITH OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE OR ARE TRANSITIONING TO MORE, UM, REDEVELOPMENT. UM FOCUS OF A REDEVELOPMENT FOCUS. WE FIELD OUR TRADITIONAL PD WITH A DETAILED PLAN IS PERHAPS MORE CONDUCIVE TO VERY LARGE KIND OF MASTER PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, BUT FOR A LOT OF THESE SMALLER INFILL REDEVELOPMENT SITES HAVING A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY, A LITTLE MORE OF A YOU'RE NOT AS AN EASIER PROCESS, BUT JUST JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE LESS BURDENSOME UPFRONT. UM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF AN GARLAND. I USED THE MCKINNEY EXAMPLE BECAUSE, INTERESTINGLY, THEY ACTUALLY GOT RID OF REQUIRING SITE PLANS AND THEIR PDS AND S

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CONCEPT OH, YES. SO TO GIVE SOME EXAMPLES. WHAT DO WE WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONCEPT PLANS BECAUSE THE TERM CONCEPT PLAN CAN BE ALL OVER THE PLACE, DEPENDING ON WHAT CITY YOU'RE IN WHO YOU ASK, SO WE OBVIOUSLY, THE INTENT IS NOT TO GET OVERLY DETAILED WITH THIS. UM THERE'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF, UM, REALLY DETAILED ENGINEERING TRANSPORTATION REVIEW. IT WILL BE MUCH MORE BASIC, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, WE DON'T WANT TO SCALE IT BACK SO MUCH WHERE IT'S JUST A BUBBLE PLAN, SAYING MAYBE RESIDENTIAL OVER HERE COMMERCIAL WE WANT TO HAVE IT AT LEAST GIVE SOME INDICATION THEY LAY OUT AND WHAT THE INTENT OF THE DEVELOPER IS. SO THIS EXAMPLE COUPLE OF YOU MAY RECALL FROM FEW YEARS AGO. THIS IS THE MY POSSIBILITIES. UM, CONTEMPLATE CONCEPT PLAN. THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THEIR PD ZONING BACK IN 2018, AND YOU CAN SEE A GENERAL LAYOUT THE BLACK LINES, OF COURSE AND INDICATE THE STREET LAYOUTS. THERE'S SOME BLOCKS THAT INDICATE YOU KNOW THE GENERAL LOT SIZES THAT ARE INTENDED, BUT THE KEY HERE IS IT DOES SHOW A LAYOUT. HOWEVER WHAT YOU DON'T SEE OUR DIMENSIONS THE STREET WITS ARE NOT DIMENSION. THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY SHOWING LOTS SHOWING EXACTLY HOW WIDE OR HOW DEEP THE LOTS ARE, SO IT KEEPS THAT FLEXIBILITY IN PLACE. UM FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, OF COURSE, THE PD ITSELF ADDRESSES. UM YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS PROPOSING SOME LOT SIZES THAT ACTUALLY WAS ALL ADDRESSED IN THIS PD, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, EXCELLENT.

CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF LOTS HAD TO BE AT LEAST 60 FT WIDE. A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE HAD TO BE 70 FT WIDE, ETCETERA, ETCETERA, SO THAT WAS REALLY ADDRESSED MORE IN THE ACTUAL WRITTEN PD CONDITIONS VERSUS REVIEWING IT VERY, VERY DETAILED SITE PLAN. BUT YEAH, REALLY, THE DIMENSIONS OR THE KEY? HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE. UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A CONCEPTUAL PLAN IN THE I 30 ROSE HILL AREA THAT FREEZING NICHOLS CONSULTANT DID ON OUR ON THE CITY'S BEHALF. BUT IT'S ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE LIKE THIS IS INTENDED TO BE MULTI FAMILY HERE , SO IT SHOWS A GENERAL LAYOUT KIND OF WHERE, HOW THE BLOCK OR HOW THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE LAID OUT FOR THE STREET BLOCKS AND THAT SORT OF THING, BUT THERE'S NO DIMENSION. IT DOESN'T GIVE EXACT MEASUREMENTS OF LENGTH HEIGHT AND ALL THAT, SO IT JUST KIND OF GIVES A GENERAL LAYOUT BUT NOT OVERLY BROAD, PERHAPS WHERE IT'S JUST SHOWING MAYBE CIRCLES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WITH JUST A LAND USE WRITTEN ON IT, SO JUST JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND PERHAPS WHAT TO EXPECT. SO AGAIN. CITY COUNCIL DID GIVE THIS DIRECTION ON THE DURING THEIR DECEMBER 4TH WORK SESSION.

ONE WAS TO REPLACE PD DETAILED PLANS WITH A CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS BASED, OF COURSE ON THE

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PROBABLY A MOOT POINT ANYWAY, SINCE COUNCIL REALLY GAVE THE NOD TO NO DETAILED PLANS ANYWAY, BUT THIS WILL THIS THIS IS HELPFUL AND TO BE CLEAR AND PERHAPS CITY ATTORNEYS CAN KIND OF HELP US JUST MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IN THE GDC AND POLICY WISE BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY PDS THEIR EXISTING ORDINANCES THAT ARE EXISTING. THAT'S A DETAILED PLAN SHALL BE REQUIRED, SO WE JUST NEED TO MAKE THAT. VERY CLEAR THAT THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.

UNLESS YOU KNOW THAT THAT OF COURSE THEY CAN. THEY'LL HAVE TO BRING FORWARD AN AMENDMENT DEVELOPER WOULD IF THEY INTEND TO DEVIATE OR AMENDED, AMENDED PD, BUT IT JUST GETS REMOVED THAT DETAILED PLAN REQUIREMENT. AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS, SO GDC AMENDMENTS WILL FORMALLY BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO YOU ALL AND THEN BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL. HOPEFULLY HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICES, UM AWARE OF THESE CHANGES, AND SO WE'LL BE MEETING AND KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE RED LINES AND MAKING SURE WE'RE CLEAR ON IT INTERNALLY AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO YOU ALL. UM BUT, YEAH, IT'S OF COURSE, A BIG BIG SHIFT KIND OF A BIG PARADIGM SHIFT FOR GARLAND. REALLY, WE'VE BEEN UM, WE'VE HAD DETAILED PLANS IN PLACE FOR ACTUALLY A FEW DECADES NOW, SO BE A BIT OF A PARADIGM SHIFT ZONING CASE. OF COURSE. UM ONCE ONCE THESE AMENDMENTS GO THROUGH WILL LOOK A LOT DIFFERENT WILL BE A LOT LESS DETAIL MUCH MORE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE. BUT AGAIN, THE FOCUS WILL BE MORE ON. OF COURSE, THE REQUESTED USE OR USES THAT HAND.

AND AGAIN, THOSE PD CONDITIONS HAS WRITTEN CONDITIONS WHICH WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE. WE DO HAVE THAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS, BUT, UM, THOSE WILL JUST BECOME A BIT MORE IMPORTANT, YOU'LL PROBABLY BECOME A BIT MORE ROBUST, SINCE IT'S NOT GOING TO RELY AS MUCH ON A, UM DETAILED SITE PLAN TO REFER TO BUT RATHER MAKE THOSE CONDITIONS VERY CLEAR AND WRITING. SO. WITH THAT. I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP TO ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ROOFS. ONE. YOU CONSIDER ST DIMENSIONS. I THINK YOU OUGHT TO MAKE THEM WIDER. I LIVE IN OAKRIDGE. WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE AND 8089. I MEAN, THE STREETS WERE NICE AND WIDE OPEN. NOW THEY'RE SO FULL OF CARS. AND TRUCKS. THAT THERE'S ROOM FOR ONE VEHICLE. THAT'S WRONG. OCTOBER. BE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER WOULD OUGHT TO BE, BUT YOU OUGHT TO CONSIDER CARS ON BOTH SIDES. AND THEN SOME OF THESE BOZOS PARKED 2 FT FROM THE CURB, WHICH IS EVEN WORSE. BUT STILL PEOPLE HAVE TO. JUST DRIVING THROUGH AND IT'S JUST WRONG, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE HABIT LEAST TWO CAR GARAGE. AND A NICE DRIVEWAY. I MEAN EVERYBODY'S STORES JUNK IN THE GARAGE, SO THEY PARK THEIR CARS ON HIS TREE. I OPTION THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I EVER WON HAVE A COUPLE UM, I AM EXCITED. I THINK. THE CITY MANAGER IS TAKING A FANTASTIC APPROACH TO ESTABLISH A VISION TO PUSH GARLAND AND GOING INTO PROCESSES TOWARDS EXCELLENCE, AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD. THE DETAILED PLAN. UM IT'S AS I UNDERSTAND. IT HELPS, UM, THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF AT A LATER POINT IN TIME TO PROCESS THE PERMITS. IS THAT KIND OF CORRECT SO THEY COME INTO A GREETING OR EXCAVATION PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO, BECAUSE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

SURE IT CERTAINLY HAS ITS BENEFITS. THERE'S PROS AND CONS. ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW, DETAILED PLAN. UM YOU KNOW, DESPITE OF COURSE, THE OR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT CAN BE COSTLY AND TIMELY. IT CERTAINLY DOES PROVIDE THAT CLEAR FEASIBILITY UNDERSTANDING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPERS PART THEY KNOW. IF THIS SALE SITE LAYOUT, IT'S GOING TO WORK OR NOT, AND IT DOES KIND OF GIVE THEM A HEADS UP ON. YEAH KIND OF GRADING THE NEXT STEPS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. UM SO SHORT ANSWER IS, YES. UM BUT BY REMOVING THE DETAILED PLAN, OF COURSE IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT REMOVING ANY CODE REQUIREMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S

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GREAT QUESTION. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. STAY TUNED. THIS CONCLUDES OUR WORK SESSION PORTION MEETING. WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL SEVEN PM WHEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION WILL BEGIN. THANK YOU.

UM, INTEGRATE WELL WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. THIS IS BUILDING B. THEY'RE JUST SOME RENDERINGS. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING SOME FLEXIBILITIES. THE FIRST ONE IS THE LANDSCAPING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 28.5% WHERE 40% IS REQUIRED. ADDITIONALLY LARGE CANOPY TREES ARE REQUIRED EVERY 25 FT ALONG THE MASONRY WALL.

AND FOR THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE, AS REQUIRED 30 LARGE CANOPY TREES. AND SIX LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 60 HIGH LEVEL SCREENING SHIPS ARE PROPOSED. THE SOUTHERN PERIMETER REQUIRES 15 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND 13 LARGE CANOPY TREES AND NINE HIGH LEVEL SCREENING SHIPS ARE PROPOSED. THE NEXT ONE IS DENSITY. THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS 34.1 DWELLING UNITS BREAKER AND THE MAXIMUM PARTY MF TWO. DISTRICT IS 32 DWELLING UNITS BREAKER. AND THE THIRD ONE IS

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HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK AS TO WHY IT'S MOSTLY ASSOCIATED TO THE COST FOR THE RESIDENTS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND FROM THE APPLICANT AND THE APPLICANT MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND ON OTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT, OKAY? I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF THE CITY HAD WE'RE READY TO GO. WE'RE ON.

[Call to Order]

BRENNAN'S TO UNDERSTANDING AND HARMONY NEEDED. FOR WORK TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY THIS EVENING. FILL OUR HEARTS WITH YOUR LOVE, SO WE MAY BE INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE AND UNITY IN THIS GROUP. GOT IT GOT OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS AS WE STRIVE TO ALIGN OUR GOALS. WITH YOUR DIVINE PURPOSE. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AS WE CONTINUE TO PRAISE AND GLORIFY YOUR NAME. IN JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN.

WELL, GOOD EVENING AGAIN. ALRIGHTY. ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK? UH PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THE SPEAKER CARDS AND PLAN COMMISSION SECRETARY AND WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THE MICROPHONE. WE NEED THAT AS PART OF THE RECORD. APPLICANTS WILL BE GIVEN 15 MINUTES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE. OTHER SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES . IF YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR A GROUP LIKE A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL DEFINITELY

[CONSENT AGENDA]

CONCERNING AGENDA ITEM ONE. A CONSIDER APPROVAL OF PLAN COMMISSION MINUTES FOR THE DECEMBER 11TH 2023 MEETING TO A 23-40 COOK INDUSTRIAL NUMBER TWO FINAL PLATT. ANYBODY WANTED THE ITEM REMOVED. IT'S NOT JOURNAL ENTERTAINER MOTION. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. CHECKING. FIRST. I

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[3.a. Consideration of the application of Cross Engineering Consultants, Inc., requesting approval of 1) a Change in Zoning from Multi-Family-1 (MF-1) District to a Planned Development (PD) District for Multi-Family-2 (MF-2) Use and 2) a Detail Plan for an Elder Care - Independent Living development. This property is located at 1600 Edgefield Drive. (District 2) (File Z 23-41)]

IS THE APPLICANT HERE CARE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. RYAN COMBS, 7619 KILL MICHAEL LANE, DALLAS, TEXAS AND WITH CROSS DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL I HAVE WITH ME. MY PARTNER, CHRIS WILL HIGH IN OUR ARCHITECT MARK LEON BACK HERE. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE. THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY. WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

NEIGHBORS BACK IN SEPTEMBER HAVE COORDINATED WITH COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH MORRIS. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARLAND HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION ON THIS SENIOR HOUSING AND REALLY ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. WHAT HAPPENED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS. I SEE NONE. BUT I'LL JUST SAY I CAN TELL I'M AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE, SO I CAN TELL THE WORK YOU ALL PUT INTO ACCOMMODATE. THE NEIGHBORS. IN THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BURNING LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. COMMISSIONERS I'VE SEEN NOBODY ELSE DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER JENKINS. HMM MR CHAIR. I MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JENKINS. I HEARD THE 1ST 2ND BY COMMISSIONER DALTON. EMOTION IS TO PROVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? AND THEN PLEASE VOTE. HMM. OH THAT'S ABSENT THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WASN'T ABSTAINING WAS ABSENT BEFORE ALRIGHTY. ITEM THREE. CONGRATULATIONS ITEM THREE. B CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CHEETO

[3.b. Consideration of the application of Ofi Chito, requesting approval of 1) a Specific Use Provision for a Restaurant, Drive-Through Use on a property zoned Planned Development (PD) District 20-35 and 2) a Plan for a Restaurant, Drive-Through Use. This property is located at 4680 North Shiloh Road. (District 7) (File Z 23-44)]

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED 4680 NORTH SHILOH ROAD. I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. APPLICANT HERE CARE TO SAY ANYTHING OR APPLICANTS HERE IF THEIR QUESTIONS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LESLIE FORD. MY ADDRESS IS 3224. COLLINSWORTH STREET. FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107. AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. SO WE'RE BRINGING IN MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT TO TOWN. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL MCDONALD'S, AND THIS ONE WILL HAVE A CONFIGURATION. YOU GUYS MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE 2 TO 1 DRIVE THROUGH SO DRIVE THRU SERVICE WILL MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY, AND WE HOPE THAT WE WILL WELCOME ANOTHER MCDONALD'S TOWN. SO ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE YEAH, THIS ONE APPEARS TO BE MORE OF A DRIVE THROUGH. ECCENTRIC DRIVE THROUGH CENTERED YES, LET'S TABLES IN THE INSIDE OF THOSE VERY ESPECIALLY IN THE ADVENT OF THIRD PARTY DELIVERY IS LIKE UBER EATS DOORDASH. THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED A LOT MORE BY THE CUSTOMERS MORE SPACE FOR THAT COOL. AND SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. NO. COMMISSIONERS.

COMMISSIONER DALTON OCEAN. OR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER DALTON DID I HEAR A SECOND BITE COMMISSIONER ABLE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION AS PRESENTED YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION.

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[4.a. Update on Zoning Process Changes]

IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 710. SO UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING OF JANUARY 22ND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.